Comments on Gnome's Lair: Army Break 6: Ahh, yes, the army. And PC Zone.

@ Ioannis: Less than 100 kai simera. De se xalase....

2009-10-26T18:26:15.680+02:00

@ Ioannis: Less than 100 kai simera. De se xalase...

@ Pacian: You know I agree :)

@ JMcL63: :)

@ guttertalk: Another wise comment my friend. Cheers!

@ FK: Hey Father. Nice to see you around again. Hope everything is fine my friend and thanks for keeping our blog alive. I'll talk about the army when the time comes... Oh, and don't expect many piccies. These aren't particularly nice memories...

Nothing's as good as it used to be Gnome, incl...

2009-10-18T00:07:15.109+03:00

Nothing's as good as it used to be Gnome, including the army, which I understand was utterly fantastic until about a month before you were conscripted. Still, chin up soldier, not long to go now.

And you might be surprised how keen we all are to hear your perspective on all things military and even to see a pic or two of you in action (I love a man in uniform.)

Looking forward to your release mate, but not as much as you are! On a more optimistic note, I've gone in and watered the plants over at Gnome's Gaming On The Go and even dropped off a couple of sub-standard articles. Take care mate!

I've not read the magazine, but it sounds like...

2009-10-13T22:23:14.996+03:00

I've not read the magazine, but it sounds like they're treating the PC game scene as if it were a console.

With the Virtual Console and Arcade Live, the consoles have a toe in the retro scene, but PC gaming is pretty extensive so that maybe covering all of it results in an unfocused magazine--indie games, retro games, MMOs, web games, game mods.

I find discussions of older games so much more interesting than a lot of new game discussions. The latter is typically focused on whether or not the game is good and worth buying. The former takes on many different turns--is the game worth playing (again)? Why is the game great? What value does the game offer, as a game and as a commentary?

(Brainy Gamer is a good example of the exception to new game discussions.) But I think PC game magazines have lost their way. I've stopped reading them for the most part.

"It was utter, utter toss. The worst thing...

2009-10-12T23:01:18.535+03:00
"It was utter, utter toss. The worst thing was that such a childish, sexist mouthpiece for game industry marketing execs seemed to think it had some kind of respectability."

Don't hold back now Pacian; feel free to tell us what you really think. ;)

I read a game magazine other than Retro Gamer a ye...

2009-10-12T22:05:42.798+03:00
I read a game magazine other than Retro Gamer a year or so ago.

It was utter, utter toss. The worst thing was that such a childish, sexist mouthpiece for game industry marketing execs seemed to think it had some kind of respectability.

Eh, courage gnome, it's like 100 days or so? R...

2009-10-12T19:56:03.304+03:00
Eh, courage gnome, it's like 100 days or so? Remember, people used to do like 24 months of this.